400. 
At Durnford, Mr. Thomas Waters, to Mrs. 
Sarah Brown. 
At Codford St. Peter, Mr. John Stirges, to 
Mifs Blandford. 
Died.| At Salifbury, Mifs L. Cotton, third 
daughter of the late Sir John Hynde Cotton, 
bart. Suddenly, Mrs. Thorne. 
The Rey. Dr. Tonkin, re€tor of Great So- 
merford, and formerly fellow of Exeter col- 
lege, Oxford. : 
At Avebury-houfe, Lieutenant general Sir 
Adam Williamfon, K. B. and colonel of the 
72d regiment of foot: the death of this truly 
worthy and excellent officer was occafioned by 
a violent fall, which fra@tured two of his ribs, 
and fo interaliy bruifed him, that he lan- 
guifhed from Friday till Sunday, 
At Nettleton, Mifs Dennifon. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
WMarried.| At Bradford, G. Hayward Tug- 
well, efq. to Mifs Clutterbuck. 
_ At Sydling, Mr. Giles Hayward, of Ever- 
fhot, to Mifs Bowditch, of the former place. 
The Rev. Francis Dixon, re@or of Bins- 
comb and Broadway, to Mifs §. D. Forfter, 
only daughter of Edward Forfter, efq. banker 
in London. se 
Mr. William Enfor, of Sherborne, to Mifs 
Tabitha Shaw, of Belmont. 
At Gillingham, James Willis, aged 36, a 
widower with fix children, refident at Mot- 
comb, to Mary Spinnel, fpinfter, aged 66, a 
cripple, but who by a late demife has come 
into poffeflion of gn annuity of ten fhillings 
- per week. : f 
Died.] At Dorchefter, fyuddenly, Mrs. 
Read, who had kept a boarding-{choo! in 
that town upwards of 40 years. / 
At Lyne, Mrs. Trevor, wife of Captain 
‘Trevor, and daughter of William Jolliff, efq. 
M. P. for Petersfield. 
At Milton-Abbey, at which place he was on 
a vifit to the Rev. Gilbert Langdon, the Rev. 
Jebhn Warren’ Plowman, of Stogurfey, So- 
Merfet, aged 2>. 
At Stourton Caundle, jn this county, aged 
41, Mifs Whittle. : 
_ At Oborne, near Sherborne, Mrs. Tom- 
linfon. Bee nae eh 
At Wareham, Mrs. Bartlett. 
At Weymouth, Mrs. Knight. 
fit Netherbury, Mrs. Rayne. 
, SOMERSETSHIRE. 
On the roth inftant took place near Piper?s 
fan, in Somerfetthire, a public plowing con- 
teft for the different premiums offered by the 
Bath and weft of England Society for plough- 
ing beft and fafelt. Seven candidates ftarted 5 
and, to make the fullett trial of their merits, 
two fields of very different foils were chofen, 
viz. a strong clayey old lay, and a part of 
king’s Sedgemoor which had never been 
ploughed. Each proved of fuiticient {trength 
to put the merit fairly to the tet; for the 
mcor being a deep mafs of roots, and the foil 
mot the lighteft, was ploughed’ with more 
difficulty than the generality of foils. Of 
! Dorfetfrire... Somer fethire. 
[Nove 
the former, each lot was oné quarter of an 
acre; of the latter, half an acre. All flarted 
at the fame moment; fome ploughs being 
drawn by oxen, others by horfes.—-The com- 
mittee chofen to determine the prizes were - 
the Right Hon. Lord Somerville, and four 
refpectable farmers of the neighbourhood. 
The firft prize was adjudged to the Rev. Mr. 
Gapper, who ufed a Beverftone plough with 
four Devonfhire oxen. The fecond to John 
Billingtby, efq. who ufed his double-coultered 
plough.with fix oxen. The third to Mr. 
Derrick, who ufed a Scotch {wing plough, 
drawn by four oxen.———WN. B. The double 
plough only worked on the moor, it having 
been early broken and thrown out in the 
morning, by ftriking againft rocks which 
lay in its lot. The ufual prefents were 
made to the fuccefsful ploughmen, and fe- 
veral to others who were unfuccefsful, on ~ 
account of their different deferts. A fub- 
{cription was raifed to reward the uncommon 
merits of a fine girl about 14, “daughter of a 
ploughman, who with admirable dexterity 
drove the oxen of the double plough. 
At the Heting Agricultural Meeting, held 
on the 22d inft. a very curious and ufefyl in- 
vention was produced for effeétually curing 
the d/af (a diforder occafioned by too great 
repletion of fucculent food) in oxen and 
fheep. It is compofed of ftrong wire inclofed 
in leather, upwards of two yards long, and 
fitted at one end with a pewter, perforated 
oval nozzle about three inches long. Though 
very elaftic, it is iff enough to be introduced 
through the mouth into the ftomach of the 
animal, from which the imprifoned air is 

enabled to efcape, and by that means its life 
is preferved. We truft, as well from-prin- 
¢iples of humanity as expedience, that the 
ufe of this machine will fuperfede the prac-~ 
tice in Chefhire, and other counties, of cut- 
ting a hole in the fide of the animal to let out 
the air in complaints of this nature. 
Married.) At Bath, Mr. William Bond, to 
Mifs E. Symes. Mr, Samuel Hewlet, to Mig 
E. Somner, of Chefter. 
Mr. John Tomkins, of Shepton-Mallet, to 
Mifs Tewfbury, of Wincanton. 
Mr. Robert Perks, of Monkton Combe, to 
Mifs Howell, of Beckington. 
At Monckton, near Taunton, Mr. Down- 
ing Blake, of Holway, to Mifs Bruford, of 
Bath-pool. 
Died.] AtBath, Mr. Scale, attorney. Mr. 
Bryant.’ Mrs. A. Hutchinfon. Richard 
Wynne, efq. of Buckinghamfhire. In the 
prime of life, Mrs. Scudamore. Mr. Davis. 
Aged 86, Mrs. Rachel Whittick, who had 
been the greateft part of her life one of the 
guides in the baths of this city. Mrs. Shep- 
herd. Mrs. Dath. 
At Taunton, Mifs Bovet. Mr. Oatway. 
At Martock, the Rev. Mr. Baker. 
At Nempnett, Mr. Jofeph Warford, a 
wealthy farmer. 
wt Sidmouth, Mifs Cole. 7 
